to their contents.

Yes, some of the intellectually cultured people in those countries exert
themselves to reach the loftiest summits of prosperity in worldly affairs
and most of them are desiring wealth and are making an effort to attain it
somehow. But they are unmindful of the treasury of the Kingdom, the
spiritual affluence and the wealth of mind; therefore, thou findest them
subject to the rage of lusts and under the influence of egotistic and
selfish desires, sinking into intemperance and engaged in drinking the cup
of lust. Were they to become mindful of their heedlessness and awakened
from the sleep of ignorance, they would become intoxicated by the cup of
the love of God and exhilarated by the good cheer of the wine of the
knowledge of God.

I beg of God to shine forth unto you with the lights of His sanctity and
send to you divine souls, that they may fully reveal to you the divine
teachings.

The letters which I sent to you are as the fragrant breezes of the garden
of the knowledge of God, which can be smelled by every one whose sense of
smelling is clean and purified from any rheum, because they are
glad-tidings proceeding from pure lips which are fluent in explaining the
mysteries of God. I beg of God to ordain for us to meet one another.

"O thou who art assuredly believing in God!..."

O thou who art assuredly believing in God!

Verily, I read thy letter which showed how thou art believing in God,
assured of the signs of God and art attracted by the love of God.

I thank God for that He hath ignited the fire of His love in thy heart,
hath drawn thee by the magnet of His guidance, hath dilated thy heart
through the light of His knowledge, hath assisted thee to be firm in His
Testament, hath sent down His blessing upon thee, upon thy household and
upon thy children, hath illuminated thy house by igniting therein the lamp
of the praise of God, hath caused those souls who have drawn nigh unto the
Kingdom to abide in thy house(293)--those who deliver the Cause of God, who
speak the praise of God and explain the indisputable proofs of God unto
the servants. It behooveth thee to thank God for this great gift and say:

"O my Lord! Confirm me to serve Thy beloved and to be submissive and
humble before Thy chosen ones. Make me to know the meaning of Thy Words
and inform me of the mysteries of Thy signs. Place me in the shadow of the
standard of Thy Testament and preserve me from Thy tests which brea